Yamen

Ya"men

(?),
n. [Chin.
ya a civil or military court +
men a gate.] In China, the official headquarters or residence of a mandarin, including court rooms, offices, gardens, prisons, etc.; the place where the business of any public department is transcated.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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